School’s work is defined by its folk art sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Portrait of Fred Adelbert Haywood
School of William Matthew Prior American, 1806–1873

Woman in a Blue Dress
School of William Matthew Prior American, 1806–1873

Articulated Dragon
Myochin School Japanese, active late 19th century

Oonagh MacCumhail: The Case of the Entered Novitiate
Matthew Barney American, born 1967

Cremaster 5: The Queen of Chain
Matthew Barney American, born 1967

Cremaster 3: The Dance of Hiram Abiff
Matthew Barney American, born 1967

Alchemy of Pain
Matthew Monahan American, born 1972

The Battle of St. James The Greater at Clavijo
school of Martin Schongauer German, c. 1430/50-1491

Shôki the Demon Queller, from an album of paintings of Shôki, Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist unknown Japanese

Saint Gregory as Author
Scriptorium of Weingarten Abbey South German (Swabia); founded 1056

The Death of Dido
School of Gerard de Lairesse Flemish, 1640-1711

Study for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River"
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Bust of William Pitt
After Joseph Nollekens (English, 1737–1823)

Cremaster 2: Deseret
Matthew Barney American, born 1967

Two Standing Male Nudes
School of Baccio Bandinelli Italian, 1493-1560

The Arms of the Family Kress von Kressenstein
Nuremberg School German, 16th century

Caricature of William Gedney Bunce
Frank Duveneck American, 1848-1919

Architectural Landscape with Belisarius Receiving Alms
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)

Junius Brutus Booth
Robert Matthew Sully American, 1803–1855

Portrait of an Artist
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)